Zaporizhia nuclear plant loses contact with the power line again
The Ukrainian army announces the destruction of a mobile radar system and Russian military equipment
Russian armored vehicles guarding the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
Reuters
Yesterday, the Ukrainian army announced that it launched an attack on a Russian command base, which led to the destruction of a mobile radar system and other military equipment. Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced that the Ukrainian Zaporizhia station had lost contact again with its last remaining major external power line.
According to the daily update of the Ukrainian General Staff, more than 24 airstrikes were recorded by the Russian army, within 24 hours.
The report said that military and civilian sites were bombed, without revealing more details.
The report added: “Due to the lack of high-precision weapons, the Russians began to use obsolete anti-aircraft guided missiles, the S-300, more often.
More than 500 of these missiles have already been fired at targets in Ukraine.
On the other hand, the International Atomic Energy Agency said that the Russian-controlled Zaporizhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, the largest in Europe, lost contact again with its last major external power line, but a backup line continues to supply electricity to the grid.
The agency said in a statement posted on its website that only one of the plant's six reactors is still operating.
The station, which was captured by Russian forces shortly after the start of the war in late February, has become one of the focal points of the conflict, with each side blaming the other for bombing nearby areas.
A mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency toured the station, and some of its experts remained there, awaiting a report from the United Nations agency in the coming days.
Transmission lines to the station were cut last week, and the facility became disconnected from the national grid for the first time in its history, leading to blackouts in many parts of Ukraine.
But emergency generators are starting to operate to provide the power needed for the necessary cooling operations.
Meanwhile, the standoff over Russia's gas and oil exports continued this week, as Moscow pledged to keep the main pipeline carrying its gas supplies to Germany shut, and the Group of Seven nations announced a planned price cap for Russian oil exports.
The confrontation over Russian gas and oil exports comes as part of the repercussions of the Russian war on Ukraine, and highlights the deep dispute between Moscow and Western countries at a time when Europe is preparing for the cold winter months.
"Russia is preparing to deliver a fatal blow to all Europeans this winter," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly speech, referring to the continued closure of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
Moscow attributed the interruption of gas supplies to Western sanctions and technical issues, while European countries accused Russia of using the supplies as a weapon in the framework of the war.
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